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TIL that one man, Raymond Loewy, designed the Coca-Cola bottle, the logos for Shell and Exxon, the Greyhound bus, the Lucky Strike cigarette pack, and the S1 Locomotive

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ZGv4 TIL that as a child Elon Musk was bullied so severely he once had to be hospitalized because of a beating from other students
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VBOLD TIL George Best was named the European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or winner) in 1968, becoming the first and only Northern Irish player to receive the prestigious award.
lYw5 TIL scientists have identified a 20 foot tall fossil in Saudi Arabia as a giant mushroom, which was likely the largest organism in the world at the time.
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